About this audiobook

A Manchester crime thriller built around a thirty-year-old unsolved murder and the journalist who comes home to reopen it. British cold-case crime about loyalty, class and the damage families do in the name of protection. The Case Went Cold. The Suspicion Never Did. Eighteen-year-old Nigel Slater was murdered just as he and his best mate Danny Holdsworth were about to start their degrees at Oxford. Nigel came from a normal, loving family. Danny was raised by his aunt after his mother abandoned him, and he never knew his father. The killing was never solved, and plenty of people, including the now-retired detective who ran the case, still believe Danny did it. Thirty years on, Danny is an esteemed TV journalist, and he's returning to Cheadle to take over the local paper. He plans to use it to launch a campaign to identify Nigel's real killer and clear his own name for good. It's not that simple. Old friends and old lovers resurface with battles of their own that carry devastating consequences, and a new relationship arrives with trouble written all over it. The closer Danny gets to the truth, the clearer it becomes that someone very close to him needs the past to stay exactly where it is. By the time he understands what he's uncovered, he'll wish he'd left well alone. A Very Personal Murder is a standalone Manchester crime thriller, for readers who love British cold-case mysteries, journalist investigators, buried family history and hard reckonings. Perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Elly Griffiths and Tana French.

Mystery Family Crime Grief Betrayal Identity Thriller Forbidden Love Love Triangle Detective Conspiracy